1st Edition
PSC 1113: American Federal Government
School: The University of Oklahoma (OU )
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Pages: 2This outline centers on foreign policy and our shift from isolationism to interventionism. It also discusses the challenges of foreign policy. -
Pages: 2This outlines covers the growing government, its policies, and its programs such as TANF, Medicaid, and SNAP. -
Pages: 2The outline covers the bureaucracy, specifically holding them accountable and overseeing them (muckraking). It also discusses the eight stages of the policy process. -
Pages: 2The main topic of this outline is the judiciary. It discusses getting nominated, how the president decides, the publicity of nomination, and how outsiders influence the nomination. -
Pages: 2This outline covers the effects of "reality tv" court cases as well as the weighty importance of Supreme Court nominations. -
Pages: 3This outline continues the discussion of the ways to get leverage for the president's leadership pursuit, especially the concept of a mandate. It also covers the apparent lack of knowledge we have about the Supreme Court and why this occurs. -
Pages: 3This outline explains the idea that Presidents have to get through the media and its challenges as well as the evolution of presidential coverage. It explains the president's role in agenda setting and legislating. Finally, it attempts to explain the various types of Congressional members. -
Pages: 2This outline covers Obama's public appearances and the idea that he may be over- or underexposed. It also discusses the recent shift presidents are making to go more public with their policies in order to persuade the public. -
Pages: 3This outline covers possible ways to fix the Broken Branch as well as the Home Style and Hill Style models of decision-making for members of Congress -
Pages: 3This outline covers the modern media, specifically the concept of the Second Screen Phenomenon as well as the ways in which Congress is broken. -
Pages: 2This outlines covers "old media" and its reasons for fading in our lives. It also discusses new media techniques and its qualities, criticisms, strengths, and appeals. -
Pages: 2This outlines covers the problems and solutions to these problems of the survey process as well as modern media and its usage -
Pages: 3This outline discusses who or what shapes political development as well as opinion stabilization and change. -
Pages: 2This outline covers the reasons people don't participate in politics as well as some reasons people do participate in politics. It also covers mobilization, the process by which certain groups convince others to participate. Finally, it discusses if we talk about politics and if we do, who we talk about politics with. -
Pages: 2This outline mainly covers the principles and techniques of political advertising and major categories of non-voters. -
Pages: 2This outlines covers the considerations potential candidates must think about when deciding if and how to run for president. It also discusses the concept of the Permanent Campaign and the Invisible Primary. -
Pages: 2This outline covers potential candidates for the 2016 presidency as well as questions one must ask oneself as they consider running. -
Pages: 3This outlines covers party identification whether democrat, republican, or independent as well as the spectrum between them. -
Pages: 3This outlines covers information about the upcoming exam as well as the ways interests groups work. It also covers the values of Liberals and Conservatives. Finally, it discusses different Ideologies that people have. -
Pages: 3This lecture covers the concept of social capital and how interaction has transformed over time. It also examines political corruption and how it actually happens. -
Pages: 3This outline covers the was support for different groups is changing (or not changing) over time. It discusses the differences in the organizations we, our parents, and our grandparents are involved in and why those differences exist. It covers the shift in participation levels from the 50s and 60s to after the 70s. Finally, it discusses the concept of social capital. -
Pages: 3This outline covers the swinging pendulum between freedom and protection and the causes of that swing. It also examines our tolerance of various groups utilizing Freedom of Expression. It discusses poll inaccuracies and how this relates to prejudices and, finally, how prejudices shape our vote. -
Pages: 3This outline covers models of representation and our options if we don't feel that we are well-represented in the area we live. It also covers Freedom of Expression of the First Amendment and what happens in controversial situations where a broadly disliked group is utilizing that freedom. -
Pages: 3This outlines covers some details about the State of the Union Address after it happened. It also covers the differences between literalists and stewards as well as how Congress is potentially undermining itself. Finally, it covers a bit of the checks and balances system and examines just how many governments our nation has. -
Pages: 2This outline covers material about the State of the Union Address before it happened as well as early concerns and questions our founding fathers had. It also covers, briefly, the type of president we have today.